Possible Words From hold
Counting the words from HOLD by length: 2 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with hold
2 words · top score 8 · everyday: HOLD
HOLD and 1 anagram, DHOL, make up the 4-letter words in HOLD; each scores 8 points.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with hold
5 words · top score 7 · everyday: OLD
DOH and HOD are the top 3-letter words made with HOLD letters, 7 points each. OLD will look familiar.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with hold
5 words · top score 5 · everyday: DO, OH
HO and OH share the top score of 5 among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLD. DO is the one most people know.
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Change One Tile in HOLD
Keep every letter of HOLD but one, change that one, and you get:
- H G gives GOLD · words from gold
- H U gives LOUD · words from loud
- H M gives MOLD · unscramble mold
- H F gives FOLD · unscramble fold
- D S gives HOLS · words from hols
- O I gives HILD · unscramble hild
More 4-letter words: starting with HO · ending in LD · all 4-letter words
Definitions for the Top HOLD Plays
HOLD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- HOLD 8 · 8
- to maintain possession of
- DOH 7 · 6
- the first tone of the diatonic scale
- HOD 7 · 6
- a portable trough
- HO 5 · 4
- a prostitute
- OH 5 · 4
- to exclaim in surprise, pain, or desire
- DOL 4 · 5
- a unit of pain intensity
- OLD 4 · 5
- living or existing for a relatively long time
- DO 3 · 3
- the first tone of the diatonic musical scale
Can You Play HOLD in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
HOLD works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 12) | 10 | 12 | 9 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: DHOL and LOD. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: DOH.
12 words come out when you unscramble HOLD, starting with HOLD itself: 8 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. HOLD has 1 anagram here, DHOL, scoring 8 like HOLD itself. It has 4 letters, 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
One Extra Tile and HOLD Grows
With one more tile, the letters of HOLD spell the words below.